Personally I think it's best to wait until just before Xmas by then both consoles will have been out for a few weeks locally and you'll find there'll be plenty of people who have given there reviews. Personally I lean towards Xbox but from what I've read the PS4 is more for the true gamers and the Xbox is more for those who want the whole experience as in all the extra stuff like Kinect, voice commands & tv integration (the later two not available here on launch typically) but ultimately go for what suits you best & the types of games and experience you're looking for.

I just 'lied' to mine and claimed I was in the US. (its really not very hard) and I now have voice commands. Most of them are pretty magic.. but the bloody "xbox on" one only seems to work about 25% of the time for me.

I just 'lied' to mine and claimed I was in the US. (its really not very hard) and I now have voice commands. Most of them are pretty magic.. but the bloody "xbox on" one only seems to work about 25% of the time for me.

Well that's answered one of the questions I wondered about since you can trick the 360 with a change of regions I was hoping that you could get these things working by doing the same. Is there any other things this opened up for you or prevented you from doing by having the US as your region???

jtbthatsme: Is there any other things this opened up for you or prevented you from doing by having the US as your region???

I was able to download US apps from the store (eg Netflix) and setup the IR in the TV app to power on/off my TV and mute it. I've since moved the region to the UK as it seems to work better with my accent.